What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept
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The idea of reserve against brain damage stems from the repeated observation that there does not appear to be a direct relationship between the degree of brain pathology or brain damage and the clinical manifestation of that damage. This paper attempts to develop a coherent theoretical account of reserve. One convenient subdivision of reserve models revolves around whether they envision reserve as a passive process, such as in brain reserve or threshold, or see the brain as actively attempting to cope with or compensate for pathology, as in cognitive reserve. Cognitive reserve may be based on more efficient utilization of brain networks or of enhanced ability to recruit alternate brain networks as needed. A…
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- Cognitive reserve
- Nature reserve
- Brain damage
- Cognition
- Process (computing)
- Compensation (psychology)
- Computer science
- Psychology
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